Game apparatus



Feb. 9 192s; I 1,572,401

. P. J. M GRATH GAME APFARTUS Fil ed May 13 1924 I I INVENTOR. BY

ATTORN Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

PATRICK J. McGB LTHaOF BROOKLYN, new YORK.

GAME APPARATUS,

Application filea'rrayis, 192a. Serial no. 712,929;

To a "LU/72.0710 may concern 7 lie it known that I, PATRICK J. l dcGinrrir,

a citizen 0]? the United States, and a resident oi the borough o't' l3rookly1i,-in the city oi? New York, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, o't which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to game apparatus adapted for throwing small projectiles, particularly rin s, small balls, marbles, and the like, and for r ceiving the said projectiles by one or more suitable deyices when they have been thrown, and its main object is to provide a. simple, strong, and convenient ap paratus oi? this character. Another object is to provide an a iiparatus oi? this type in which the main members are adapted to be formedof sheet metal, particularly of stamping-s ot the same such as can be made in power presses or other suitable machines. Another object is to provide such an apparatus that is adapted for throwing and receiving or intercepting rings only, and still another object is to provide such an apparatus to throw and receive rings and by a slight change in its arrangement to throw and receive or intercept balls or marbles, and by another change to be again adapted to handle the rings.

The means I prefer to employ for accomplishing the above objects, together with other useful and advantageous features o'li my improved game apparatus, are illustrated in the drawing accompanying and forming part (it this specification, andin which l igure 1. is a side ele ation oil a game apparatus embodying my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of a portion of the same. 7

Fig. t is a side elevation of a modified form of my invention, and

Fig. 5 is a plan of the same.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures of the drawing.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawing, the projectile throwing means and the projectile receiving means are mounted on a suitable base such as 2, preferably formed by stamping it out of sheet metal and having flanges 3 to strengthen it and on which it can be supported on a table or other suitable location.

Secured to the base 2 is a bracket such as 5 which preferably consists of sides or flanges 6 and a portion such as 7 for connecting them together at tllebottom. Any

suitable means maybe employed to secure the bracket to the base EZ-but prefer-ably' 1' term: slots 8 in the web portion of the base 2 and tongues 9 on the bracket, and saidf tongues are put through said slots and then bent back against the underside of the base, thus securing the two members firmly together.

Mounted in the bracket 5 is the projectile throwing means which consists preferably of a lever such as 10 pivoted in the sides or flanges Gby pivots 11 which are here illus trated as eyelets or tubular rivets but any suitable pivoting means may be employed. The lever 10 has a finger portion 12, and a projectile holding portion 13 which last portion has secured thereto a plate 14 ordinarily circularand greater in diameter than the width of the lever. )rdinarily there is a cavity in said plate such as the cavity 15 which formed to fit a ball or similar object.

The projectile receiving means are preterably over said lever 10 and ordinarily include one or more pins 16 disposed in an upright position in line with the path of, the projectiles when thrown by the lever. The

.pins 16 are preferably formed to support ball receiving pockets such as the cups 17 which are ordinarily detachable and held by their sockets 18 on the pins.

,The form shown iii-Figs. l, 2, and 3 can be arranged for playing with either rings such as 20 or with halls such To play ,with the former, the. cups 17 are removed and a ring 20 being placed on the plate l i concentric with. the center thereof the linger end 12 oi? the lever 10 is quickly pushed down so as to throw the ring parabolically upward in the direction of the pins 16, and if the force is right, it is carried over and intercepted by one of them as at 20.

It balls are to be used with the cups 17, one of the latter is placed on each pin by means of its socket 18. A ball 22 is then placed in the cavity or socket 15 at the proj'ect'ile end and the end 12 of the lever pressed down as before, whereupon, the ball rises parabolically and drops into one of" pin or one cup can be used if so desired, the

construction with a single pin being illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 1 shows both the pins 16 arranged for use either with or without cups 17. i

What I claim is r p 1. A game apparatus embodying airing throwing lever, and a pin on said lever mov-f able therewith and adapted to intercept the ring when thrown.

2. A game apparatus embodying a ring throwing-lever, and a plurality of ring receivlng pins on said lever movable therewith in alinement with each other and the path of the rings when thrown.

3. A game apparatus embodying a base, a lever bracket secured thereto, a projectile throwing lever pivoted therebyadapted to throw projectiles lengthwise of itself, and a plurality of spacedupright pins on said lever in the path of such projectiles, the top of each pin arranged to carry a projectile receiver and adapted for games with rings when the receivers are removed and for games with balls when the receivers are in place.

igned at New York, inthe county of New York, and State" of New York, this 29th day of April, 1924; I

PATRICK J. MoGRATH; 

